Beth fills my weekly pill boxes

Sleep in day. Beth up early and to Hall. I sleep in until 5:45. Up and dress; bring in newspaper; fix breakfast; eat and read paper. Trim my beard. Work at computer. Beth home and she to office. Tommy calls to see if Bill and I can take him to meeting tomorrow. Call Bill - tomorrow no good for him. Call Tommy back; he calls Ralph who can take him home. Set up pill boxes for Beth and she fills them. I make lunch and we eat. I Xerox for her. She shows me where she wants painting hung in girls room. She off to run Joe and feed the old folks. I hang picture then write here. I hang pic for her. Down for nap with girls. Up and she's home in office. Feed girls and take my pills. Talk to James Jenkins in Florida. Beth off to first Maad Dog Daze meeting; while I stay here and work at computer. Turn on Huckabee for a few minutes. Beth home and we eat. She showers; I write here. Later ~

Harry Carey, Jr., Pedro Armendarez; John Wayne - 3 Godfathers

Grocery shopping after meeting. Arrive jut as Brenda pulls up. She helps me bring in groceries. I put stuff away; and Brenda dives into her work. When she finishes my office, I move in and check e-mail and news sites with girls and a couple of cookies. Help her load old file cabinet into my car and she takes three red buckets for Valentine's day dance. I make lunch and watch beginning of 3 Godfathers with John Wayne. Down for nap with girls. Up and Beth has returned. She has brought in mail and opened it. I take my afternoon pills and feed girls. Beth reads paper and we talk. Beth to office. I putz around. Beth to feed Joe at her employers'. I write here. Beth back - called Tommy earlier; he calls back and we talk. Beth and I to Mimi's to meet Sharon and Bill Gerber for dinner. Nice conversation and food. Talk after in parking lot; then home. Have some dessert. Beth showers; I write here. Later ~

With Ray "Crash" Corrigan - Corriganville, CA 1959

Directly home from meeting; check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Call Tommy and we talk. Joel e-mailed that he will be by this afternoon with file cabinet and scooter. Work on computer until 10:30 then to living room and watch Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in Winning of the West. Eat half of last nights Chipolte burrito while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Take my pills. Feed girls; and open mail for Beth. Joel by with file cabinet and red scooter. I drive it then find a spot in garage. Joel exchanges filing cabinets. His ex is with him - she likes our girls. They leave. I talk to Jimmy George for awhile. Turn on TV. Beth home and unload. She here for a short time then we to jail volunteer dinner. A retired sheriff speaks. Dinner with friends. Home 9:30 - bed by 10:00. Later ~

Foreign poster for Colorado Territory - Great Depiction

Stop to shop for cookies; home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and Cheetos. Work at computer for awhile. Move into living room around 10:30 and watch Colorado Territory with Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo. Make some lunch and eat while viewing movie. Down to nap early with girls. Up to phone call from Beth. She needs me to print out something sent by e-mail and she'll be over to pick it up - also for me to forward the stuff to her employer who's out of the country. I do and she does. Bring in mail. Feed girls. Take pills; and open mail for her. I drive to pet shop and pick up cat litter for her and dog food for our girls. Pick up two burritos for dinner for both of us; then home. Check e-mail and news sites. Write here. Work at computer. Beth home and unload stuff. She checks her computer while I set up dinner. we eat. Then we watch a recording of Tuesday's NCIS. Later ~

Al "Fuzzy" St. John and Al "Lash" LaRue

Drop off dry cleaning at Edie's and Mike's after meeting. Stop at Nader's and gas up - talk to Nader. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Talk to Beth twice. To living room and watch a Lash LaRue, Fuzzy St. John PRC Western. Made lunch and ate while watching TV. Tommy Snow calls and we talk. Down for nap with girls. Up an bring in mail and several packages. Take afternoon pills. Open mail for Beth; call Beth and tell her a check came for her. Sit with Crissy while she eats some. To office and catch up on things. No O'Reilly. Beth home and I cook so we can eat early. Get ready and drive to The McCallum where we see One Enchanted Evening III. Home; catch up on our computers.
She showers. Later ~

A radiation machine similar to the one Beth uses every day


Drop Mike's ironing at Edie's on way home from meeting. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls, cheese, and crackers. Turn on Rush - Mark Styne is on today. Watch a little TV - Bob Steele and Sid Saylor in Ambush Trail. Make early lunch and eat while viewing. Drive over to radiation center and meet Beth. Tour of facility then wait for her. Home and down for nap. Up and bring in mail. Afternoon pills; feed the girls; open mail for Beth. Call Tommy Snow ans we talk. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi and we talk for awhile. Some O'Reilly. Beth home and I make dinner. We eat. She washes her hair. I tunr her car radio. She works on e-mails. Then we watch recording of CSI: Miami. Later ~

James Brown - Rin Tin Tin - Lee Aaker

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Surf around some. Turn on Mark Styne who's subbing for Rush. Jerry here to install drain on side patio under porch roof. I watch Five Guns to Tombstone with James Brown (Rin Tin Tin) and John Wilder (TV writer/producer in later years. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Jerry leaves - pay him. I down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail; take pills; feed girls; and open mail for Beth. To bank to do a deposit for her and cash a check for me. To pharmacy to pick up a prescription for Beth. By her place of employment and pick up ironing. Home and work in office. Try call Jimmy and leave message; try Tommy and leave message. Watch a little O'Reilly. Beth home and help bring in her stuff. I start cooking; then we eat and talk. Both to office after dinner. She showers. Later ~

Filming TVs The Fugitive at Upper Iverson's Ranch -1966

David Janssen - on the set of The Fugitive

Sleep in day. Beth up and off to Hall. I up 5:45: shower, dress, and have breakfast with paper and girls. Trim beard. Beth home and we drive to Bermuda Dunes Airport to pick up Geo Tracker. Home and I out to gas up her vehicle. Beth heads our to get van and shop at Sam;s Club for the Hall with Brenda. I work in office answering a Fugitive fan letter. Beth finally home and we eat together. Berth off to run Joe at her place of employment. I down for nap with girls. Beth back and feeds girls before I get up. I up and into kitchen. Read some of the paper with her. She off to feed Joe and run him if it's not too cold. I start watch football; then into office to work. Start dinner. Beth home and she not feeling good - no eat. I eat and she tries eating a little. We watch last Thursday's recording of CSI: Vegas. She changes and heads for speaking engagement at Hall. I to bed. She home later. Later ~

Warren Oates on Dundee and the Culhane set - Apache Junction - 1967

Reading Courtney Joyner's article on Warren Oates. Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and Brenda helps me unload. I put stuff away. Into office and Brenda leaves early (she started early). I check e-mail and news sites with girls and cookies. Spend some time at computer checking out sites. Make lunch and eat early; before I take off to meet Beth for nail appointments just before 12:00 Noon. Beth gets there and we both get pedicures; she also has her nails done. I leave and drive home. Bring in mail. Down for nap with girls. When I get up Beth is home and she's fed girls. I overslept. She drives to her place of employment to feed and run Joe the dog. I start dinner. She home and we eat. She showers and I write here. Then wwe watch It's Complicated, a DVD I got for special viewing. Later ~

Feb. 2010 issue of Fangoria - my interview is inside

RAINED all night; RAINED all day
Stop for cookies on way home from meeting. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and cookies. Work in office for a few hours watching Rush on Ditto-cam HD. To living room and watch Devil's Canyon, with Dale Robertson and Virginia Mayo. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Call from the editor of Fangoria magazine - he wants me to answer questions on Fangoria's radio show this Friday night. Seems my interview in the February issue is hot and they've been getting a lot of mail and phone calls. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail. Take my afternoon pill. Open mail for Beth. Work in office for awhile. Beth will be late as her friend, Edie is in hospital and she's going to stop by to visit. I watch O'Reilly ans some Hannity. Beth home - we unload her car and I cook. We eat and talk. Both to office. Later ~

Looking out the window

Clear as a bell in morning; cloudy in afternoon; POURS RAIN in eve.
Exchange cars with Beth at meeting. Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, cheese and crackers. Drop girls at beauth shop at 9:00. Home and watch some Rush - day after dems lost in Mass. and he was thrilled, as am I. Watch documentary Bacall on Bogart I had recorded; pick up girls at groomer and home; then a Have Gun Will Travel episode. Eat lunch while viewing. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail. Bring in mail; take afternoon pills; feed girls; open mail for Beth. To office and work at computer. Call Tommy Snow - he feels better than he did yesterday. RAIN begins. Call Jimmy George and we talk for about a half an hour. It's raining in Mississippi, too. Beth's running late. Turns out her employers' flew out today to avoid the storms. Watch some O'Reilly. Out and move car for Beth then she home; move things out of cars and into ou own cars. In house and I start dinner. We eat and talk. Into office after dinner; she showers; then we watch recording of CSI: Miami. Later ~

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carillo with Jane Adams

MORE HEAVY RAIN in P.M.
Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, cheese and crackers. To doctor appointment with Karl Shultz at 9:00. He looks me over and I tell him where I'm going for my left fore-arm and hand. Drive home. Fix lunch and eat while watching the end of The Professionals left over from yesterday. Beth calls. Scott the computer guy here and he fixes Beth's computer - changes it to AOL 9.5; also finds her a new computer if she thinks she needs it. Starts to RAIN. I down for nap and drift off with hard rain coming down all around me. Up as rain begins to subside. Out to get mail and bring it in. Take my pills. Feed girls; and open mail for Beth. Dry out magazines. Into office and check news sites - Massachusetts election today for senate seat. Very important. Ross calls. Write here. Watch some news and election results. Watch O'Reilly. Beth home and we talk. I cook and we eat. Both into office and work at computers - she calls Time-Warner to get our signal. Later ~

Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster from The Professionals

HEAVY RAIN in P.M.
Leave meeting early for a blood draw. Sit with Sharon (friend) in waiting room. Home afterward; check e-mail and news sites with girls, cheese and crackers. Take off at 9:30 for Sam's Club: get new card; pick up DVDs for Beth's employers; shop for us; and head home, stopping for gas on way. Fix lunch and watch The Professionals, with Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Woody Strode, and Robert Ryan. have some left to finish. Down for nap with girls. Up and start writing in office. Real rain starts to come down. Take my pills; feed girls. Try call Tom but Beth's call interupts. Work in office. Still raining hard. Talk to Jimmy George in Mississippi. Stert to watch O'Reilly - Beth home (still raining). I start dinner and we eat. Then we watch some TV shows (no recordings). Later ~

With A.J. Fenady at WWA Convention, Spokane, WA

Sleep in day. Beth up and to Hall. I up 5:50 - shower, dress, breakfast with paper and girls. Beth home; I trim beard. We talk while she does my pills. Work at computer - then start getting ready for luncheon. To Wally's for Humane Society Lunch. Sit at Paul's table. Beth does silent auction - buys food for dogs. Home after. Both down for nap with girls at 2:30. She up before me then I up 4:15. She off to meet Brenda while I work at computer. Call Tommy Snow; Call Jimmy George who isn't home. Beth home and we into office. Jimmy calls back and I can't talk. In to fix dinner - salad for her; muffin w/ honey for me. We watch recording of The Good Wife with Juliana Margulese (sp). Both to office - then to bed. Later ~

With the Fenadys in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
I have Nocardia but don't know it yet

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home, unload and put away with Brenda's help. I check e-mail and news sites with girls. Work on new script idea and read Jeff's idea for opening. Sam by with small drills and we are able to nail name plate on Beth's painting and hang it. Brenda and Sam leave and I make lunch then watch the ending of Night Stage to Galveston and an episode of Have Gun Will Travel. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Take pills; feed girls; and open mail for Beth. Spend some time in office until Beth gets home early. She to shed and straighten out paintings and cover them. Inside and both to office. I in to fix dinner (soup). We eat and talk. I to office to look for film to watch. Nothing in our DVD collection, so we watch a NCIS recording from January 5th we missed. Later ~

Gene Autry in Night Stage to Galveston

I led meeting today.
Home from meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Work on new project for while - start a synopsis; invent lead character; ans give purpose to the story's beginning. E-mail it to Jeff. He responds later and likes it. Bug man is here to spray. When he's gone I move to TV and watch Night Stage to Galveston with Gene Autry while eating lunch. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail; pills; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Clean side yard and sweep house. Stop to write some more on synopsis. Beth will be late because her employers' are in town. She home and get check - takes it to bank to cash. I start dinner. She home and we eat and talk. She showers. Then we watch last night's recording of CSI: Vegas Later ~

Roy's double-holster rig

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls, cheese and popcorn. Work for awhile on research for new script idea Jeff and I are working on. Find a bunch of helpful info. Store it online. Fix some lunch and eat while watching Guns of Diablo with Charles Bronson and Kurt Russell (spliced together Jamie McPheeters episodes). Work in office for a few minutes; then it's down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail; afternoon pills. To office and work on some more research. Exchange e-mails with Jeff. Call Tommy Snow; Talk to Jimmy George. Cortney Joiner calls to congratulate on my spread in Fangoria magazine. Beth home late as her employers are in town. Watch a little O'Reilly before Beth drives in. Unload her stuff; then I cook dinner. We eat and talk. After dinner we both to office and work. Later ~

My brother Bobby and me with Western movie bad man, Frank Ellis

Stop at Office Depot on way home from meeting and get some Xeroxing done for Beth and myself. Home and check e-mail and news sites with girls, popcorn, and cheese. Talk to Beth. Listen to Rush for awhile as I surf web. Call Tommy Snow. Talk to Jimmy George, Watch some TV - end of Back in the Saddle Again with Gene Autry while I eat. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mails - bring in mail; take afternoon pills; feed girls; and open mail for Beth. Call Beth then drive over to her place of employment. We jockey cars - Geo and van - to Bermuda Dunes airport. I home and clean floors; and side yard. Start dinner. She home and unload her car. We eat and talk. Both into office to work. I fix Xerox machine when it has paper jam. To living room and turn on TV, We watch recording of last night's NCIS. Later ~

My Behind the Scenes Book - And Action! - order from my web site - www.stephenlodge.com

Haircut at Sherry's after meeting; home and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Talk to Beth. Read more news on web. Spend some time on computer. Brother Bob and friend Jim by to pick up some And Action books for gifts. They leave. I turn on TV; then make some lunch and eat while viewing: the end of Robin Hood of the West and the beginning of Back in the Saddle Again with Gene Autry. Down for nap with girls. Up and check e-mail and read news sites. Bring in mail; take afternoon pills; feed girls; and open mail for Beth. Tommy Snow calls and we talk. Clean up side yard. Call Jimmy George. Beth home and we unload her stuff. Start dinner then we eat. Afterward, we watch recording of CSI Miami from last night. Both to office. Later ~

With fellow Corriganville Stuntman, Keith Coffin - 1959

Home after meeting and check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Talk to Beth. Take off to credit union and get credit card replaced; then on to Sam's Club but it' wasn't open (I can get new card the next time I shop there); and on down t0 Macy's where they gave me a phone number to call from home. Drive home and call Macy's. One question the recorded voice wanted to know was my full social security number. That always stop me - I never give out my SS # over the phone. Call Beth and check in. Make some lunch and watch the end of The Gambler III on the Western Channel while eating. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Take my afternoon pills; open mail for Beth; and feed girls. Bring in some long-sleeve shirts and take short-sleeves out to garage. Warm my hearing-aid jar's pellets - (keeps hearing aids dry at night). Office to write some here. Work in office for awhile. Call Jimmy George in Mississippi; call Tommy Snow in Palm Springs. Beth home and we bring her stuff inside. Both office. I cook; we eat and talk. After dinner we both into office and work. I put trash out. Later ~

Joel Peters - Saw him today at Leather Plus

Sleep in day. Beth up and to Hall. Up 5:50 - shower, dress, breakfast with paper. Trim beard. Beth home. She does a few chores; then she's off to shop at Sam's Club for Hall with Brenda. I stay home and watch some football. Call Dick Payne in Ohio; call Tommy Snow. Some TV - a MOW titled Texas. Beth home and I make us lunch - we eat and talk. I down for nap early (12:00). Up 2:00 pm and dress. Not too long then we're off to Indio and Leather Plus. Joel there; GG and new girl. Beth buys painting and some glasses - also a two-drawer filing cabinet. Stop to run and feed Joe on way home - order pizza. Pick up pizza and home. We eat with our girls begging. Clean up kitchen and I get my clothes ready for tomorrow while Beth showers. Work a little at computer while Beth works at hers. Later ~

Elaine DuPont with her then husband Ray "Crash" Corrigan

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and Brenda helps be bring it all in - I put it away. Brenda cleans house. I down at computer and check e-mail and news sites with girl and popcorn. Work on computer until Brenda leaves. Fix lunch and eat while watching Have Gun Will Travel episode. Then it's off to meet Beth for her nails and my pedicure (she buys it for me). leave her at nail salon and I home. James Jenkins calls back (I called this morning and left message) and we talk about Florida weather - today they had snow. Down for nap with girls. Up and Beth is home - she's fed girls. I bring in mail and she opens it. Dallas calls and they talk. I into office and work on computer. Beth joins me and calls Am Ex for me and I order another card (I went through an MRI the other day with wallet in pocket; all credit card info lost). Beth off to run and feed Joe while I start dinner. She home and we have soup on this cold night. Then we watch DVD of Up in the Air with George Clooney. Write here; get ready for bed. Later ~

On Kingdom of the Spiders set with William Shatner

Beth's eye still bothering her - she stays home from meeting and makes Dr. appointment. I to Hall and do chores. Hi to Bill White and Brenda. Then it's off to dental office for teeth cleaning, x-rays and doctor check. Gas up her car and home. Only there a minute and she calls saying that Dr. Williams (eye doc) can see her immediately. I pick her up at her place of employment (Brenda came by and took her to work earlier). Williams finds a small chunk of something in her eye then bandages her up for 24 hours. We stop at Albertsons and she picks up some prescriptions; then drop her off and I home. Watch some of Rush on h is new HD cam. Fix some lunch and eat while watching two episodes of Have Gun Will Travel. Then it's time for my nap with girls. Sleep until nearly 2:30. Up and bring in mail; take my pills; feed girls; and open mail for Beth. Fangoria Magazine sent me two copies of the February issue with Tom Weaver's interview with me on Kingdom of the Spiders. I spend some time reading it. To office and check e-mail. Call Beth. Tom snow calls and we talk for awhile. To pick up Beth and bring her hime from work. Once home we unload and I start cooking. We talk over dinner. She's worn out because of her eye and radiation. She showers and I write here. Later ~

Round Table

Beth scratched her eye while sleeping and stayed home from meeting. I to meeting and help by doing her chores.
After meeting I to Beth's place of employment. She's there and feeling better. Unload luggage and she puts it away. I take her car and get it washed. Back with clean car. I head home. Check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Work at computer. Talk to Jimmy George. Head for Indio at 10:45. Stop and talk with Joel at Leather Plus; then meet the Conservative Round Table at Chinese Place. Drive home and feed girls. Call Beth; then down for nap late. Up and bring in mail; pills; open mail for Beth. Clean up side yard and put out trash bin. Into office to work for awhile. Beth home and she's feeling better. We talk over lemonade and water. I start cooking; then we eat. She washes her hair while I work in office. Both of us up a little longer; then it's down for sleep. Later ~

If I didn't know that was me beside the Gene Autry bronze at The Autry Center - I might think it was a big ol' fat cowboy hoss' wrangler

Beth having first radiation treatment today.
Home from meeting - check e-mail and news sites with girls and popcorn. Re-fill girls cookie jar. Talk to Beth. Listen to Rush Limbaugh's comeback show after his non-heart attack in Hawaii. Take off at 10:15 for hearing aid appointment with Jason. Home and make lunch. Eat while watching recording of Have Gun Will Travel. Down for nap with girls around same time Beth is getting radiation. Up and bring in mail; take noon pills; feed girls; open mail for Beth. Work at computer for awhile. UPS brings luggage for Beth's employers' parents. Clean up side yard. Sweep floors. Call Tommy Snow; and Jimmy George. Get dinner out of refrigerator. Beth home; bring her stuff inside. I start cook then we eat. She gets phone calls. I into office. Beth joins me. Get ready ind into bed; Beth will follow. Later. ~

Leave meeting early to make appointment for MRI Scan re my left arm. To market to pick up some special food. See Beth and take pharmaceuticals from her. I on to Eisenhower for a 9:15 appointment with Dr. Karl Shultz. He wants results from MRI, too. Drive to Office Depot and have Valentine's Dance flyers Xeroxed. Home and have some popcorn with girls while I check e-mail and news sites. Talk Beth. Turn on Western Channel and watch some Have Gun Will Travel episodes while eating. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail; take pills; feed girl; open mail for Beth. Ross calls and we talk. Talk to Tommy Snow. Talk to Beth. Clean up side yard. Work in office. Watch some O'Reilly. Beth home and we talk. I fix dinner and we eat. No TV. Both to office; she shower. Later ~

Our girl, Crystal - she'a having a problem eating all her food; she can't keep her mind on one thing at a time

Gave Beth her 28-year cake at meeting. Home from meeting and check e-mail with popcorn and girls. Work at computer for awhile. Make hearing aid appointment; Talk to Beth and give her e-mail messages. Watch a little TV: Have Gun Will Travel re-run recorded from western channel Sunday. Make some lunch and eat while viewing. Then it's off to Eisenhower; call Tommy from parking lot. I meet Beth and we to my appointment with Dr. Stone. All is well. She back to work and I home. Feed the girls; bring in mail and open it for Beth. Down for nap with girls at 3:00. Up 4:00 and try feeding Crystal more - no luck. Read some mail. Clean up side yard. Turn on lights. Get dinner ready for cooking. Beth home. We have early dinner and talk. She off to Indio Jail for H&I commitment. I to my computer and work. Plan on going to bed early and Beth will come home after I'm asleep. Later ~

With writing partner, Steve Ihnat, on the set of The Honkers - 1971 - Carlsbad, NM

Beth's 28th AA Birthday.
Sleep in day. Beth up early and off to Hall. I up 5:50 - shower, dress, cook and eat with paper. Trim beard. Check some news sites in office. Beth home later than usual as she had to run Joe. She here and works on straightening out office. I write e-mail to Steve Ihnat fan who had a question about the writing of The Honkers. I fix some soup for lunch and we eat. I down for nap with girls. She works in office. I up and she does my pills while I watch and talk. Putz around - TV - other stuff. She to run and feed Joe; and I call in dinner at Ruby's Diner. Beth home and I take her car and run down to pick up food. They got order wrong but its edible. She calls the manager after and complains. Both into office after dinner. TV - CSI: Vegas rerun. Later ~

With my old Corriganville fight partner, Ed Mohler

Grocery shopping after meeting. Home and unload; Brenda there cleaning, helps me carry food inside and put away. Brenda goes on with cleaning. I check e-mail and news sites with girls, salami and cheese. Brenda continues to clean; I into front room and start watching Have Gun Will Travel on the Western Channel. Fix some lunch and eat while viewing. Brenda leaves. Beth calls. Down for nap with girls. Up and bring in mail. Pills. Open mail for Beth; and feed girls. Some more Have Gun ... ; Ed Mohler calls from Louisiana and we talk for awhile about old times. Call Tommy Snow and we talk. Work in office. Clean up side yard. Beth home with some groceries then off to feed Joe and run him. I start dinner then write here a little. Beth home and we eat. After din she showers; I set up DVD player. We watch Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges. Good show! Later ~